41 replies to this topic

[ralph kramden]

Not only has he never played there but bj won't even be able to see over him to throw down the tight end slants or dump passes over the middle.putting a rookie on the hot corner - doom but i hope i am wrong

[usfbullrider]

best chance to make a hole?

[ralph kramden]

Reiter290# edwards 325# popek 315#. Seems like they should be able to move anyone.no? Maybe its some sort of wake up call.who knows

[E.T.]

This means a stronger OL to me.

[dausfbulls11]

It shows me that the coaches dont have the confidence in edwards or Martin to step in at guard

[BullFan98]

Yikes. No likey.

[redfisher78]

I cant believe they are goign to play him there this year. Kid has a good shot at the NFL, there arent any 6'7" guards playing. He has a tackles body, but maybe like dausfbulls11 says they dont have conifdence in the other guys to step up. Still you want your best guy at LT.

[Bull-by-Marriage]

As opposed to the instant negative nelly repsonse. Could it just be that the new LT is better than Popek? But Popek is better than the LG?

[DataBull]

As opposed to the instant negative nelly repsonse. Could it just be that the new LT is better than Popek? But Popek is better than the LG?

More likely that the new LT is better than Edwards, but the new LT can't play guard and Popek can.

Especially in college the top five OL are going to play, even if they have to move them around. A little less flexibility in the NFL.

Regardless,we have a pretty big OLine, don't we?

[ralph kramden]

Not buying the cross training bit. Daneous is only used at guard. Same goes for quinterrius only at tackle. So now we have a center whos never played a snap at center,a guard who is a left tackle,and a left tackle whos only played 5a downs when popek hurt his ankle. Willing to bet popeks enthusiasm is in the gutter right next to edwards. Moving a guy with 30+ starts from one of the most important spots on the field out of his comfort zone? Qbs rarely get hurt by nose tackles rushing up the middle. They do get blasted by6'6" defensive end that run 4.9 forty times coming hard off the corner. Popek held his own against patriots first round pick chandler jones last year.why not just insert mr williams at left guard. Is it me or does that makeTOO MUCH SENSE. ATTENTION SKIP!!!

[DataBull]

Not buying the cross training bit. Daneous is only used at guard. Same goes for quinterrius only at tackle. So now we have a center whos never played a snap at center,a guard who is a left tackle,and a left tackle whos only played 5a downs when popek hurt his ankle. Willing to bet popeks enthusiasm is in the gutter right next to edwards. Moving a guy with 30+ starts from one of the most important spots on the field out of his comfort zone? Qbs rarely get hurt by nose tackles rushing up the middle. They do get blasted by6'6" defensive end that run 4.9 forty times coming hard off the corner. Popek held his own against patriots first round pick chandler jones last year.why not just insert mr williams at left guard. Is it me or does that makeTOO MUCH SENSE. ATTENTION SKIP!!!

Didn't we have a center last year that had never played center before in his life?

Seriously, I don't think it is a very big deal to move a guy from one spot on the OLine to another. Now, if Skip moves Popek to CB I'll have some questions.

[ralph kramden]

True but chaz also had 35 games under his belt

[Bull-by-Marriage]

The coaches are with the kids every day. I'm going to have faith that they know more about them, than those of us that aren't at every practice and in every meeting.

It's also quite possible that we are going to try to run the ball more effectively. There are many running plays that require pulling guards, which of course means that the guards have to be somewhat "athletic".

Edited by Bull-by-Marriage, 16 August 2012 - 10:29 AM.

[Mama_Bull]

Not buying the cross training bit. Daneous is only used at guard. Same goes for quinterrius only at tackle. So now we have a center whos never played a snap at center,a guard who is a left tackle,and a left tackle whos only played 5a downs when popek hurt his ankle. Willing to bet popeks enthusiasm is in the gutter right next to edwards. Moving a guy with 30+ starts from one of the most important spots on the field out of his comfort zone? Qbs rarely get hurt by nose tackles rushing up the middle. They do get blasted by6'6" defensive end that run 4.9 forty times coming hard off the corner. Popek held his own against patriots first round pick chandler jones last year.why not just insert mr williams at left guard. Is it me or does that makeTOO MUCH SENSE. ATTENTION SKIP!!!

Didn't we have a center last year that had never played center before in his life?

Seriously, I don't think it is a very big deal to move a guy from one spot on the OLine to another. Now, if Skip moves Popek to CB I'll have some questions.

Not to hijack this thread, but I wonder how the coaches plan on using 6'9" Jake Kaufman this year.

Guest asked: "How's Jake Kaufman doing, ahead of the freshmen at tackle?"

Greg Auman: I'm impressed just to see Jake Kaufman out at practice -- when you hear about back problems for two years with a guy that big, the natural inclination is to think he might never get back on the field. Kaufman was as high as 362 pounds at one point, but he's dropped considerable weight -- think he's 307 on latest roster -- and that's a Q. Eatmon level drop, very impressive. He isn't someone on the two-deep though, with all those second-year players ahead of him on the second team. He's probably best suited for some kind of special-teams role.

[DELdaBull]

Its is interesting to move a potential pro left tackle to guard

[ralph kramden]

Not interesting, seems dumb

[CPR]

Not interesting, seems dumb

Sounds similar to the moving of T-Rex from CB to WR.

[Bulls1181]

Its not like we went 10-2 last year...I like the fact that the coaching staff is trying new personnel.

[Bulls1181]

http://www.tboblogs....s/related/C127/

[The_Sheriff]

On a different note Ralph, if a DE is only running a 4.9 at the FBS level, he's honestly coming off the bench. Most DE's are in the 4.6 - 4.7 range if memory serves me right (although I could be wrong). You do raise a great point though...